Quick Shopping Cart Help

What's the difference between the Payment Route and Address Route in PayPal Express?

If you have enabled PayPal Express® in your Quick Shopping Cart account, customers can use this payment method to complete their transactions via either the address route or the payment route. For more information on setting up this payment method, see Working with PayPal Express.

There is little difference between these two routes other than the path the customer takes. As the merchant, you will not see any difference in the process. However, it is important to understand the different paths to answer any confusion your customers may have.

With this payment route, the shipping and payment addresses are entered on the storefront site, before the customer is sent to the PayPal site. To complete payment through this route, customers proceed through the following steps.